Word: taming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...instructs each pair in catches, falls and positions, illustrating the meaning by object lessons and making the men apply his teaching. While Mr. Lathrop is instructing one pair, the others practise what they have previously been told. The part of the hour thus spent in instruction is rather tame, but the last half is spent in regular bouts, and proves much more interesting to those looking on. Two men wrestle before Mr. Lathrop and the class until one or the other is fairly thrown, when another pair take their place. The class was quite large at first, but a number...
Clement of Harvard and Whitney of Technology met in the first bout of the feather-weight sparring. The first round was tame; Clement had the advantage. The second and third rounds were more lively; in these Clement easily had the advantage, and the bout was awarded...
Professor Garman has a small Green snake - a southern variety - which he kept in a jar, and which is singularly unlike these others in character. It is a pretty creature and such as society belles wear as ornaments in parts of Brazil - and is very tame and affectionate. Its bed is a small ball of cotton into which it curls itself, and its chief and favorite diet is the common house-fly. Professor Garman also has some salamanders and lizards in captivity which betray some intelligence, though the former is very muscular and a trifle ill-tempered, and resists vigorously...
...single scull race which occurs next Saturday, promises to be a very tame affair. We are sorry to see that so few entries have been made for this race. If an interesting and well contested race, in which a large number of men would enter, could be arranged for next Saturday, there is little doubt but that this new branch of athletic sports would receive such encouragement as to secure its permanent existence at Harvard. To those who are actively interested in rowing, but who are not members of the regular crews, an excellent opportunity is now offered to enjoy...
...last event of the afternoon was the tug-of-war between the teams of '88 and '89. It was, to say the least, a very tame affair. '88 got the drop by about two inches and by three or four heaves during the allotted five minutes, managed to gain four inches more. The freshmen were unable to gain an inch and time was called with '88 in possession of six inches of rope. The two teams were composed as follows: '88, 1. E. A. Pease, 2. J. R. Purdon, 3. P. Chase, anchor, F. G. Balch...